Betekenis van breakdown In het Nederlands

• 0 a failure to work or be successful:

  • I had a breakdown (= my car stopped working) in the middle of the road.

  • Both sides blamed each other for the breakdown of talks.

• 1 a division of something into smaller parts:

  • We asked for a breakdown of the accident figures into day time and night time.

  • The rate of breakdown of muscle protein was assessed.

• 2 a nervous breakdown

• 3 a mechanical failure, or a failure in a system or a relationship:

  • There was evidently a breakdown in communication leading to the false report.

  • Their car trip was a disaster – they had frequent breakdowns and never reached their destination.

• 4 a division of information into parts that belong together:

  • We need a breakdown of the statistics into age groups.

• 5 a condition in which you are unable to control thoughts or feelings that prevent you from living and working as you usually do:

  • It's about a middle-aged New York cop who is having a nervous breakdown.

• 6 a failure to work correctly or to be successful:

  • The city is losing millions of dollars in lost productivity because of all of the mechanical breakdowns and system failures.

  • Each side blamed the other for the breakdown of the negotiations.

  • breakdown in sth There has been a breakdown in communication between management and staff.

• 7 a division of something into its parts, so that you can see all the details:

  • I asked for a full breakdown of the costs involved in setting up a new website.